FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said recently he was dismissing a petition from Skype that would force operators to connect any lawful device to the telephone network provided it doesn’t do harm to the network. The decision demonstrates nothing less than a failure on the part of a U.S. government agency to comprehend the available technology infrastructure. And it portends for a less competitive U.S.
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It’s Time for Skype to Spring for Its Own Infrastructure
, Monday, November 12, 2007 at 11:30 AM PT Comments (15)
Tom Keating reports that the owners of Skype Wi-Fi phones and other standalone devices have been experiencing excruciating network problems, and points to the vitriol flowing freely on the Skype forums.
This raises the question: Why are these outages happening? And should Skype (EBAY) start to build its own network of super peers? After all, [...]
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